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My shinies are not for trade or cloning.
Shinies are not listed in order, for example the last shiny on the banner is not always the latest shiny I've obtained.
Banner 1 made by Light Venusaur, thanks ^_^

Also you may want to try out starmie instead of empleon as starmie has higher base sp. Atk and higher base speed And it can learn the bolt beam combo. Although it doesn't have the same defences as empleon it has access to recover which is better in some ways if your interested I will post a detailed description later.

Also you may want to try out starmie instead of empleon as starmie has higher base sp. Atk and higher base speed And it can learn the bolt beam combo. Although it doesn't have the same defences as empleon it has access to recover which is better in some ways if your interested I will post a detailed description later.

sure does sound good.......please if ya could gimmie the discription.........(^_^)

Ok. Well. It has been been a while since I last used a starmie, well any water type as I don't use my rain dance team anymore but a good moveset and such would be the following. -

Starmie, timid- the reasoning for this is to pack a bit extra speed
Life orb- extra oomph and the recoil can be recovered of so no worries that is if you can take a hit.
252 Sp.Atk 252.speed 4.Hp
I'm not fully sure about the ability of starmie although take aloof on this website for the ability.
The moveset should include
Thunderbolt and ice beam for amazing coverage these two together can hit most pokemon for at least neuter all damage and that will be useful in the battle tower in particular.
Physcic to cover the fighting, ghost, poison types for super effective damage.
Ether a choice of recover for the healing, signal beam (?) I think it can learn it because if it can it would have great coverage against dark and physcic types, or if it can't then just throw hydro pump onto it for high powered with STAB coming from a high special Atk.

If you have Empoleon and Infernape, why don't put Torterra in Beautifly's place? Anyways, I would take that bug out and put another Pokemon, it's serious. Any Pokemon that total base stats are below 500 aren't suggested to use at Battle Tower. Being Empoleon your special sweeper, and Infernape the physical sweeper, I would add an annoying Pokemon in this team.

Despite being a mixed sweeper, this Empoleon will be grown to become a special sweeper. EV training is very important. Though with Special Attack maximized, some foe opponents are supposed to resist to this moveset, like Blissey and Snorlax, for example.

While Empoleon is your special sweeper, Infernape will be your physical sweeper. Infernape goes for speed, that's why half of its EV are focused on Speed and the other half on Attack. One Swords Dance and your power base moves will be strong enough to knock out most of opponents in one hit (considering you'll cause a normal damage).

Man, I defeat lots of trainers at Battle Frontier in Emerald with Dusclops, it should be a lot easier with Dusknoir in Platinum. You should start using Double Team before causing confusion, and Protect sometimes if recovering HP was needed. Then, when you evasiveness rasies a bit, then use Toxic/Curse. Toxic will not hit poison, steel and immunity foes, and Curse may put you in serious risk. However, Curse will not be a problem if your evasion has raisen up and if you keep using Protect. Have in mind that while foe fails on its moves, Dusknoir's Pressure ability will still in effect making it spends an extra PP everytime it attacks. Since you intend to use this team in tower of battles, it's not a problem the fact this Dusnkoir will use lots of PP to sucessfully faint foes because HP and PP are fully restored after each battle.

Just a quick note although evasion and confusion is fantastic and all the battle tower has serious HAX. I mean in the third round my quagsire was flinched three times and was critical hit two times by rock slide. And I know that the evasion won't do as much good asa you might think in the battle tower especially in later rounds. So that strategy with dusknoir is almost out of the question. Although you could replace double team with a priority move like shadow sneak to quickly finish of a weakened opponent.

Looks like this team is all about OFFENSIVE!!
Just a side note: while this works, doesn't expect to go much far. I just got a poor streak of 100 with a OFFENSIVE team. For BT i prefer the old strategic team
That's all up to you, though. But if you'll want to go far, i would sugges AT LEAST something with that deal with hax. Hax can end a good team in 3 minutes, and believe me, its annoying, the far you'll go, more Hax come.

By the way, don't know why, but i like his Dusknoir set, it *can* be effective if he's the lead, otherwise, i wouldn't suggest. But i wouldn't suggest Yanmega, either.

if you have empoleon and infernape, why don't put torterra in beautifly's place? Anyways, i would take that bug out and put another pokemon, it's serious. Any pokemon that total base stats are below 500 aren't suggested to use at battle tower. Being empoleon your special sweeper, and infernape the physical sweeper, i would add an annoying pokemon in this team.

despite being a mixed sweeper, this empoleon will be grown to become a special sweeper. Ev training is very important. Though with special attack maximized, some foe opponents are supposed to resist to this moveset, like blissey and snorlax, for example.

while empoleon is your special sweeper, infernape will be your physical sweeper. Infernape goes for speed, that's why half of its ev are focused on speed and the other half on attack. One swords dance and your power base moves will be strong enough to knock out most of opponents in one hit (considering you'll cause a normal damage).

man, i defeat lots of trainers at battle frontier in emerald with dusclops, it should be a lot easier with dusknoir in platinum. You should start using double team before causing confusion, and protect sometimes if recovering hp was needed. Then, when you evasiveness rasies a bit, then use toxic/curse. Toxic will not hit poison, steel and immunity foes, and curse may put you in serious risk. However, curse will not be a problem if your evasion has raisen up and if you keep using protect. Have in mind that while foe fails on its moves, dusknoir's pressure ability will still in effect making it spends an extra pp everytime it attacks. Since you intend to use this team in tower of battles, it's not a problem the fact this dusnkoir will use lots of pp to sucessfully faint foes because hp and pp are fully restored after each battle.

mahn this team sure pulled some screws outta my head it's awesome......but then ya know i've made my team after lookin' up at palmer's team........!!

looks like this team is all about offensive!!
Just a side note: While this works, doesn't expect to go much far. I just got a poor streak of 100 with a offensive team. For bt i prefer the old strategic team
that's all up to you, though. But if you'll want to go far, i would sugges at least something with that deal with hax. Hax can end a good team in 3 minutes, and believe me, its annoying, the far you'll go, more hax come.

By the way, don't know why, but i like his dusknoir set, it *can* be effective if he's the lead, otherwise, i wouldn't suggest. But i wouldn't suggest yanmega, either.

Man, the team was built by you, I just suggested moves, EV and items as you asked.
I took Beautifly out because it is very crappy to be taken to a tower of battle.

So, you have a balanced trio:

Infernape - physical sweeper

Empoleon - special sweeper

Dusknoir - staller

so.......is there some other good staller that might be used cuz i may not get a dusknoir......since it requires trade and i have a single ds and no good wi-fi connection at the very moment for atleast another month.....

Hhahaha bro good on ya using beautifly ay, i think its an underestimated poke >.<

But perhaps equip it with a "stunning" move set
perhaps

@focus sash
Toxic
protect
giga drain
and or bug buzz?

I recon it might be worth having a look at a timid venomoth though, because with sleep powder it can be pretty useful.
Though this little butterfly is hard to work with ay, you might be able to pull it of in the right situation ay

hhahaha bro good on ya using beautifly ay, i think its an underestimated poke >.<

but perhaps equip it with a "stunning" move set
perhaps

@focus sash
toxic
protect
giga drain
and or bug buzz?

I recon it might be worth having a look at a timid venomoth though, because with sleep powder it can be pretty useful.
Though this little butterfly is hard to work with ay, you might be able to pull it of in the right situation ay

yep i do love bugzz.....specially those which can toxicate the opponent....(almost all can do that though..!!)